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[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Sounds like you already have an app directory. You should already be set.
[G1 Android Development] ccyrowski:
I'm currently running Haykuro's original Hero ROM along with Daproy's newest boot.img and wlan.ko files (he just released them today) with AUFS capabilitiy. Will your appstosd 2 app be able to handle that? Nonetheless, I've been trying to get it to work and am not having luck. Copied all the appropriate files to their appropriate locations. If I make any headway I'll let you know, in the meantime any pointers you could give would be awesome.
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Ah, ya that's a bit in flux for now. Not entirely sure what state everything is in at the moment. My scripts won't work for that(they're unionfs only, and don't support AUFS you'll have to use the "a2sd" script from cyanogen's ROM for it). At any rate good this stuff should be sorted out soon, but good luck in the mean time! I'll help if I can.
[G1 Android Development] DroidHead:
But nothing is in the SD ext2 partition. . . how do I place the apps in the SD? :confused:

I have all of my apps still on the Internal Memory, I have 70mb used and 19mb to spare. My ext2 partition has 1.3 gb and MAYBE 56 mb is used.
[G1 Android Development] gungame101:
help wit this

cAN U PLEASE PUT THIS IN A VIDEO PLEASE AM BEGGIN YOU.. CUZ IT DNT MAKE SENSE 2 ME..POST IT ON YOU TUBE IF U CAN
[G1 Android Development] dynamisoz:
you said "i had apps2sd using the Symbolic Link Method." what do you mean by that ....how do you do it....

I am a total noob..

also you said "putting the files (a2sd, init.re) in /data/

what do you mean by putting it in "/data/".....do you mean sd card???

Please help........

and if anyone can do a tutorial of step by step in Youtube....greatly appreciated...!!
[G1 Android Development] Seeknay747:
First off which ROM (Version of Android) do you have installed? If your phone isn't rooted you won't be able to do this. If you don't know what that means, you have a lot of reading to do. (no offense, but if I told you step by step how to do something, and you want to undo it, your going to be stuck unless someone helps you out step by step again, and I would feel bad...)

Second, all you need is a properly formatted SD Card (I used the gParted Application from an Ubuntu Live CD). Format part of the SD Card to FAT32, and the other to Ext2.

Once that is done, you take the files and copy them directly to your SD Card. From there you type out the commands in the first thread into the Terminal Emulator.

"cp" stands for copy, and will copy the files from the sd card to the "data" folder. After that reboot and it should work. All the programs you install from here out will go to the SD Card.
[G1 Android Development] davidst3r:
Would this work on cyanogens 1.51 3.2 build?
[G1 Android Development] mariBR:
So I have the same problem as miss_machine, dynamisonz (post #1059) and davidst3r (post #1060). Could you guys solve it?

I thought about reflashing the phone, but I don't have the update.zip file in my SDcard anymore, and I don't have an SDcard reader in my laptop in order to copy the file again (always used the G1 to do it). Is there any other way to fix the problem?

Any help will be heavily appreciated!!!
[G1 Android Development] cjlyrix:
AUSF

Any1 here mind pm'n me a tutorial on how to set up a2sd using AUFS please? Thank you

Or it bet it would be helpful if its posted here for everyone that is just clueless like me..

Thanks again
[G1 Android Development] Cherodactyl:
"Then go to the terminal emulator and typed:

su

cp /sdcard/init.rc /data/

cp /sdcard/a2sd.sh /data/

Then reboot

Next I ran the apps2sd 2 app. It will ask you how much to you want to partition. I did 3000mb the first successful time and the dreaded low mem notice would not leave the status bar. I have read not to make it more then 1500mb. Have a good connection, dont force close it. It will reboot."

I can get as far as this, but where it says "don't force close. It will reboot." it doesn't actually reboot? How long am I supposed to wait? I waited about 10 minutes and the reboot button just sits there and I pressed it again... this is the second time I've tried this. The first time I thought I just had to reboot manually. But when I opened apps2sd2 after I turned my phone back on it said my sdcard wasn't partitioned correctly and had the amount of my fat32 from the first time I partitioned availabe meaning it would've partitioned it twice with the ext2 either getting bigger, or creating a new one and have the first ext2 just become unusable space. I don't know. I just want this to work!
[G1 Android Development] t3mp3st:
I too have this exact same problem. I didn't find these people sharing my problem until right now, so I made a seperate thread describing it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=524302

Hopefully we'll get some help either here or there
[G1 Android Development] DroidHead:
Now I have SuperHero v1, having the same issue. . . On the SDcard I have a folder called app_s, do I need to delete it and reflash? I need to know what I am doing wrong please. . .

I already have an ext2 partition

I have Apps2sd 2 downloaded on my G1

When I open the app it tells me "Oops, you have to go through the tutorial on xda forums".

When I go through the tutorial nothing works. . .

I do not have ADB capabilities and anything I can do through the Terminal would be AWESOME.

This is a PLEASE HELP, if anyone can help. . . I am willing to try anything.

-Ryan
[G1 Android Development] swilleyman:
U ROCK!!

Thanks! Worked Great!
[G1 Android Development] atownviperman:
Thanks

Just want to thank all of the tut writers I am now officially rooted running JF crb43 and apps2sd. Looking forward to much fun. For anyone looking into this,it is not as crazy as it seems and almost impossible to completely brick this phone. I must have reset a couple dozen times before I got where I am. Looking to play with hero or debian next. want to learn more
[G1 Android Development] xJCHAVx:
Ion Rom

N e word on this working with ion rom (ionr2 specifically) I was running 1.51 with appstosd 2(awesome!). Decided to try Ion (fast!) but wanted to try this. I searched the thread but didn't find ne thing on this... is it just not possible?
[G1 Android Development] DavidChill:
thanks

by far the most useful information i was able to find as far as getting apps2sd accomplished. the app i did purchase through the market, but worked like a charm. cheers mate :D
[G1 Android Development] kgood63:
wondering is there a link to the older apps2sd apk.......tried the newer one and having problems getting it to work the older version worked great for me
[G1 Android Development] PageMaster500:
Can't partition or copy to \data\

I've been following these steps, but I've run into a problem. I run the AppstoSD2 from the first post and it says it needs to partition my card. After choosing the partition size I want I reboot. Once I reboot I go ahead and load up AppstoSD2 but it still acts as if I haven't set up a partition and asks me to set one up.

I was looking back through the previous steps and noticed that even after using the cp commands in the terminal emulator, init.rc and a2sd.sh do not appear in the \data folder. I can copy the files to any other folder, but I cannot get them to appear in \data. Not sure if this was related to the above problem, or a seperate one entirely, but I was hoping someone could help me out.

I was also just curious as to what data (if any) I would lose in the partition? Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] Rahzelhx:
I am having the same issue trying to run this on the jac hero 1.4 When i goto partition it says done then there is a reboot button i click it and it does nothing and when i manual reboot and go back into it it acts as if it is still all a fat partition
[G1 Android Development] lexotic_sc300:
no-one have an answer?? ...

well im gonna try some software i found on here -- http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/free-partition.html

(theres loads of freeware but i read EASUS EXPRESS 2009 is best on this site)

to try and partition my sd and then we will see...

wish me luck... wont be able to do this til i get off work.. if someone else wants to test EASUS before me... good luck... if not .. ill review later.. Thanks
[G1 Android Development] lexotic_sc300:
try using the link i posted

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/free-partition.html

to try one of the free partition softwares
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Hmm sounds like the JAC ROM is having problems mounting the partition(that's what I check to see if it exists). Not much I can do on this side...
[G1 Android Development] twistedumbrella:
There is a neat little trick to this... Get the mountd.conf and init.rc from the Lucid mods. The mountd.conf wasn't updated.

Also make sure you have init.rc and a2sd.sh (from here) in both the data AND intmem folder. That solved it for me.
[G1 Android Development] DroidHead:
I just went in and re partitioned the sdcard. . .

I go in and nothing still.... this is frustrating.
[G1 Android Development] andonnguyen:
inconsistent block size

Performance and stability wise, would having an inconsistent block size between internal memory and the sdcard cause any issues?
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Not that I know of. Such things are meant to be fairly invisible to the system so I don't think it would have too much of an effect. Even if there was a difference in performance/stability, I doubt it'd be large or even noticeable.
[G1 Android Development] Lamar720:
Here is an issue, I have an 8gb class 6. Set ext3 to about 525mb.

I have 400mb left and can't install andnav2.apk it says I don't have enough space. But I can install from the market and other .apk from my phone.

Are some apps. Locked to ext2 ?
[G1 Android Development] oneeyejack:
if i already have my partitions split, can i still use apps2sd2 and bypass the partition part or does it ask to split my partitions no matter what?
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
It'll only ask to create the partition if it doesn't already detect one there(vast majority of the time this is due to not having the partition but if you do have one and it still shows up it means it's not mounting properly for some reason, likely a problem with the ROM)
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Hmm I was able to install it on mine... Not sure why that would only happen for that .apk. Maybe some strange problem with permissions?
[G1 Android Development] lexotic_sc300:
yeah i think the jac hero 1.4 doesnt like the apps2sd 2 .. ill be testing to see if it works with an already partitioned sd later today... hope it works... would loveeee to have some free space.. lol
[G1 Android Development] Lamar720:
umm, Is there a way to force install an app if it says your are lacking the memory room to install it?
[G1 Android Development] bdaboy338:
I'm running jf 1.51 adp with apps to sd using the terminal methond with a class 4 8gb sdcard. I keep getting force closing, if u switch to this method, would it become more stable and force close less?
[G1 Android Development] cereal2k:
Not syncing after Apps to SD

So, is anyone else having the same problem, or is syncing working just fine?

EDIT: Nevermind, I found the answer after searching other entries in the syncing search. Awesome!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3788362&highlight=syncing#post3788362
[G1 Android Development] alanxr:
apps2sd install

Hi, I'm new at these but I would like to know if someone can help, Idownloaded the apps2sd2 zip from this thread and I dont know how to convert it to an apk to install it, Do I even have to do it or just throw the zip to the sd and i will be intalled in the process?

Thanks for any pointers on this
[G1 Android Development] peary27:
when i try to mkdir /system/sd/app

it says read only file system.

Anyone know what i am doing wrong?
[G1 Android Development] jasmar:
I accidently made a huge partition and now I can't change the size of my partition because I can't unmount. Any ideas on what i should do?
[G1 Android Development] PageMaster500:
I don't suppose I can partition the card with the SD Card mounted through my G1, can I? I don't have a microSD card reader.
[G1 Android Development] shadowleo85:
i have a class 2 4gb card... will that work or will it be super slow
[G1 Android Development] PageMaster500:
Try downloading an App called "DroidSans" from the marketplace. Once you've installed that and run it, one of the options it'll have will be "Mount system as Read/Write" or something similar. That fixed that problem for me.
[G1 Android Development] jasmar:
AppstoSD wont partition the sd card for me.
[G1 Android Development] lexotic_sc300:
sure u kan ... but bakup ur data first
[G1 Android Development] Thats BS:
Unzip it. apk is inside along with the two files you need to put on your sd (init.rc app2sd.sh)
[G1 Android Development] osupra:
Ok here is my question I just installed the superhero full version yesterday I know appstosd works because when I ran it my internal memory went from 12mb to 68 mb.

I ran the cp /sdcard/init.rc /data/

cp /sdcard/a2sd.sh /data/

And rebooted.

I installed about 8 apps just to see if the apps would automatically be saved to my sd card

. I went from 62 mb to 61 know in internal memory after installations.

Question is did I do everything right. I don't know if the apps saved to my sd because I am using the first version of apps to sd
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
As far as I can tell unionfs isn't actually in that build. I've been playing around with it and can't find the kernel module anywhere and can't get unionfs to mount. Besides that, you memory should show up as being around the same size you set for the ext2 partition with unionfs. I think only symlinks work for that build right now.
[G1 Android Development] zarbam:
HELPP

I have jf1.5 i did the appstosd2 format and when it rebooted it sayed on the G1 boot screen. Any ideas what happened and what to do??
[G1 Android Development] MarcusMaximus04@gmail.com:
Try re-flashing the ROM without a wipe.
[G1 Android Development] whitemonster:
2 Questions

(I'm running SuperHero v1 Beta 2 w/ Apps2SD)

2 Questions:

1. I'm running Apps2SD, I have a new Class 6 4GB card coming on wednesday. How do I change from my current card to the new card?

2. When I download and install apps, does it automatically install in the SD card now or do I need to run Apps2SD every so often?
[G1 Android Development] Automization:
Dear Marcus Maximus,

your are really the Greatest. I was nearly desperate after some very unstable days with my rooted G1. This is my story:

I have installed the full suite like JF 1.5 ADP, Nandroid 2.1, Apps on SD and a lot of applications (~170) (500 MB on ext2 on my SD).

For some reason I had lost the key mappings of the Home-, Menue- and Call keys some days ago :eek: !

Restoring a Nandroid Backup (after a wipe) fixed this problem, but then the next problem arised ... Market Download when updating and catching new apps stalled :mad: ... forever.

Then I had read your thread ... (which gave me back some confidence .... ;) .. and it worked very well when I followed your steps today).

Even more, all apps are back again !!! although I have followed your recommendations to wipe the SD directories - no idea, where your scripts did restore the apps from. Congratulations: you're my God!

No criticism, it would be very nice to explain us what the different (nested and linked) directories are for (why they are linked) and what is the effect when its is missing or dammaged ...!

Also the relation between the directories file contents and the app windows (e.g. My Downloads the in Market Application) would be helpful: My G1 momentarily only shows a subset of all applications installed. No idea, in which directory structures the infos are missing. Nevertheless - great work anyway! And your app AppsToSD is pure luxury ...! Applause!

My tip to the colleagues: Life is much more easier following this thread when you are (although as a newbie) familar with some Linux basisc (especially some commands from BusyBox). Then by the support of telnetd (on G1) and Telnet on a PC you can modify the file structures from your PC with some comfort and you will gain a micro idea what the magician Marcus is doing. So did I, reading the Linux Basics in parallel and also the BusyBox Reference Manual.

ThanXXXX! :o :) :D :) ;)
[G1 Android Development] PageMaster500:
I went and downloaded the partition software, however my phone does not show up in the software when I mount it, so I cannot create the partition (It does show up in my computer, though, so I know it's definitely mounted). Any way around this (or what the cause might be)?

I probably should have mentioned this in the first post, but I'm using Cyanogen's latest build (3.4) if that makes a difference.
[G1 Android Development] andonnguyen:
You need a memory card reader.
[G1 Android Development] DavidChill:
I am also using the same rom and downloaded a copy of Partiton Manager which actually helped partition the SD into Ext3 (which is supported by that ROM) and was able to use it just fine. If you want, I can give you the link to where i posted Partition Manager of Rapidshare.
[G1 Android Development] DavidChill:
I need help :(

So, I had apps2sd working just fine, had about 75 apps installed with about 800mb free of "internal" space left. I had connected my phone to the usb to charge and i mounted it (why, i dont know). I left charging and had to leave suddenly so i disconnected without unmounting, i then had to restart the phone because the apps stopped working, then when it restarted, all the apps were erased and now when i install them and restart, they dont stay saved.. What must i do? I'm thinking i need to revert back to internal memory then setup apps2sd again? FYI, i'm on Cyanogen's 3.4 ROM with a Ext3 partition on my SD. please help me :(
[G1 Android Development] alanxr:
Thanks! for the help, I'll check if i find it.

I unzipped it but this is what I have inside
[G1 Android Development] PageMaster500:
Thanks, I might get back to you on that. It turns out I can't even format my card in windows, as soon as I try it says no disk found and immediately unmounts my card. I'm going to order a card reader and see how that works out.
[G1 Android Development] bdaboy338:
i was use the ternimal apps to sd method and my phone keep force closing all the time and lag as hell. i tried this method last night. now my g1 runs smooth as new. i got about 30 apps with 1284 MB of internal memory. nuff respect to max for this.
[G1 Android Development] kevitoNY:
Does anyone know if this will work with the 1 gig SD that comes with g1 or will I need another one and if so bigger then 1G?
[G1 Android Development] DavidChill:
I would get a larger SD card to be honest. You will only be able to do so much with 1g, but it's still better than using the stock internal memory.
[G1 Android Development] Cherodactyl:
Okay, so this is what I did. I made a backup of my memory card. Downloaded the latest JF update, wiped my phone & reflashed with the newest latest JF update. Rebooted & now my phone is at a clean slate. I already partitioned my memory card using ubuntu's gpartition with fat32 having 6gig & an ext2 of 2gig (give or take) so now I sign in and let it do it's thing (sync). Somehow all my apps are back on my phone (don't know how that happened to be honest) & now everytime I open apps2sd & select move apps to sd it just automatically reboots, then I get a bunch of forceclose errors (for the apps that magically appeared back on my phone.) wat.

edit: & on another note my phone has dropped from having about 12mb of memory to 2mb. TWO!? I didn't even DO anything after I wiped! I'm thinking of just wiping again completely. Doing all the code in terminal & starting over completely because this is ridiculoussss
[G1 Android Development] herito:
In the preferences pane of Archive Utility make sure that Keep Expanding If Possible is unchecked. Otherwise it will extract the .apk file before you have a chance to copy it over.
[G1 Android Development] Cherodactyl:
Okay so this is what I figured out so far. After wiping, reflashing to 1.5 I open up terminal and type this in:

su
mkdir /system/sd/app

it says it already exists, which is fine. Then I go to the next step:

su
cp /sdcard/init.rc /data/
cp /sdcard/a2sd.sh /data/

& this is where I noticed all my apps came back & I no longer have any internal memory on my phone. ARGH.

then I did this one:

su
rm /system/intmem/a2sd.sh
rm /system/intmem/init.rc
cp /sdcard/a2sd.sh /system/intmem/
cp /sdcard/init.rc /system/intmem/
reboot

Someone PLEASE explain to me what exactly I'm doing wrong? Everything is forceclosing the minute my phone loads & it's apps I haven't even opened! (Stuff working in the background constantly keeps forceclosing & trying again only to forceclose again) The next thing I'm going to try is wipe my memory card completely (I still have my backup) & wipe my phone YET again & start over. I'll post what happens.

edit: Well, wiping my memory card did nothing to help. It's still doing the same thing. Apps2sd instantly reboots my phone when I select move apps to sd (I've tried checking & unchecking the delete apps from internal memory box.) I'm just going to reformat my memory card, repartition it & wipe my phone one more time. I'll see if *that* does anything.
[G1 Android Development] alanxr:
Knowledge is power, thankyou very much for the help!!!
[G1 Android Development] pokerace:
k now i have a quick question.

I had THOUGHT i had rooted my phone, but maybe i was wrong, im not sure...

When i try to make a directory, and type

su

mkdir /system/sd/app in the terminal... it says "mkdir failed for /system/sd/app, Read-Only File System.

Any suggesstions???
[G1 Android Development] Black04SpecV:
I just downloaded appstosd 2, when trying to install it says insufficient storage...

What to do about it???

Any suggestions?
[G1 Android Development] soba5150:
Marcus I downloaded Twisteds Hero Mod and I can't access the market to download your appstosd2 again and of course there is no terminal in that mod so i can't load terminal app from my sdcard do you know of a fix or is there a way to do it from console?
[G1 Android Development] kusotare:
appstosd2 is on the front page of this thread. download and adb push the apk. also, if your sig is accurate, update your recovery image to 1.2 and run fix_permissions from the console. see if that helps.
[G1 Android Development] cyprien85:
I picked up a2sd2 from the market and got it installed and working great on my 16gig sd card (only 700mb for ext2, the rest for media and stuff). But as soon as I mount the sd card to my pc to drag media over, it lets me, but when I unplug and it says "Preparing SD card" on my phone it locks up and goes into a boot loop and then I have to wipe and reflash to Cyanogen 3.4.

Any suggestions?
[G1 Android Development] kusotare:
the larger your card, the longer it takes to "prepare" the sd card. my 8gb takes about 20 seconds (the phone checks the card for errors). For a 16gb, I have no idea how long it takes, but you might want to try it and just let it ride, see if it works.
[G1 Android Development] cyprien85:
It normally doesn't take that long. The thing it's doing now is it's completely rebooting the phone while it's "preparing" and locking on the android boot screen.
[G1 Android Development] Black04SpecV:
Anyone????
[G1 Android Development] alritewhadeva:
Well you obviously don't have enough memory on your phone
[G1 Android Development] Black04SpecV:
Settings says I have 34mb free of internal memory... Which is weird...

I have installed only the apps which came with Dude's ROM, nothing else...
[G1 Android Development] xlittowillyx:
Next I ran the apps2sd 2 app. It will ask you how much to you want to partition. I did 3000mb the first successful time and the dreaded low mem notice would not leave the status bar. I have read not to make it more then 1500mb. Have a good connection, dont force close it. It will reboot.

I've been trying to get it to work on JACMan 1.62, but when it seemed to never ask me how much I want to partition. Anyone know what is going on?